Janov Pelorat

Character from Foundation by Isaac Asimov

An elderly, gentle professor of ancient history obsessed with finding Earth — Trevize's unlikely companion, whose bookish curiosity and quiet kindness balance Trevize's restless certainty.

Also known as: Janov Pelorat, Pelorat, Jan

What They Know

• Earth is the origin world of humanity — all myths point to a single radioactive planet whose location has been systematically erased
• Legends of Earth persist across thousands of worlds in fragmentary, contradictory forms
• The search for Earth is really the search for the origin of the human species and possibly the key to Galaxia

Connections

• friend_of — trevize
• spouse_of — bliss
• member_of — First Foundation
• located_at — terminus
• mentored_by — trevize

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